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Millennial Generation

William Straus and Neil Howe's clustering of millennials based on birth years, the generational classification was referred to as Generation Y, and muddled the fair representation of those who experienced their adolescence and cognitive-development years in step with the nascent phase of home-based Internet access technology.

While often lumped together with millennials (as defined by Straus and Howe), the developmental phase of social interaction, which involved information technology's burgeoning impact on society, was overlooked. Generation Y represented the crossroads between millennials who were well immersed in computer technology even as far as experiencing an institutionalization of computer education in academic curricula and Generation X members who were heavily immersed in broadcast media's influence and yet largely uninitiated in computer technology. Generation Y represents the link between the non-digital age society shaped by Generation X, as adolescents (MTV Generation), and the dawn of the Internet age that saw the transitioning of society to easily accessible online communities (Bulletin board system, MIRC, Yahoo! Groups, Internet forum) especially during the introduction of dial-up Internet access to households.

Gen Y entangled pop culture and digital community-building through bulletin board systems, online forums, website mailing groups, mIRC, ICQ, and other electronic modes of communication (predecessors to social media) into today's digital age.
The millennial Generation represents Generation Z and were merely lumped with Generation Y people who were completely raised during the early emergence of home-based Internet access.
by CommandereON January 19, 2018
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Bambi generation

The generation when Bambi Disney Classic first was showed, setting the start of unhealthy animal personification and cuddlyfication.

It's the parent generation which results in "extreme vegetarians" and all sorts of extreme "animal rights" which look at animals as humans.

Eg:
Misc poeple who fail to see the risk of dangerious animals, cause they look at them as a giant teddybear resulting in death could be considered a result from the Bambi generation.

As is someone who is putting his/her castrated pet on a vegetarian diet unnatural for the animal calling up to stop animal abuse / more animal rights.
"STOP! DONT PET THE BEAR IT'LL EAT YOU!"
"Sheeshes, you'd think an adult would have a more sane mind. She must be from the Bambi generation."
by BelgainDSoul November 4, 2004
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Generaled

To one day lead the modern world as drum major only to later in life dwell in the corporate world reminiscing over what was.
That guy that just moved to the 4th floor is so generaled.
by your world August 21, 2007
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Generation Internet

"Generation Internet" also known as "Generation I"

(1) The generation of people born after the advent AND rise of the Internet.

(2) The generation of people who cannot remember, imagine, or comprehend a world without the Internet, because the world is so wired, and connected.
By 2065, there will not be a single human being on the face of the Earth who will not be in "Generation Internet".
by TekBoi (Ali) February 10, 2007
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generation y

The generation of people coming after the slacker and media influenced generation x. A generation known for superficiality, egos, mixture of urban and suburban cultures, school shootings, import cars, multi racial-ethnic-religious-national mix of people in society, spiritual seeking and searching, and the generation changed by 9/11 and who will be the generation that will change the world.
Jose Tyrone O*Neil served in the U.S Marines fighting World War III, he was born in Brooklyn, NY but raised in Los Angeles, CA, is black, Irish, Puerto Rican, and Chinese. He listens to punk, new school rap, metal, and techno. He drives a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse but was jacked off it because of the out of control nature of schools in America. He is a practicing Taoist.
by Ezekiel March 26, 2005
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Harry Potter Generation

This is the generation of people who grew up with the Harry Potter series . They were born between 1990 and 2000.
by 412B July 19, 2011
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generalizationist

the name for a person who makes sweeping generalizations
That person is a generalizationist.
by toeypoeydoodoo May 3, 2011
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